Lot 29: GASPAR REQUENA

GASPAR REQUENA ACTIVE IN VALENCIA DURING THE 16TH CENTURY THE LAST JUDGEMENT tempera on panel, gold ground overall: 252 by 154 cm.; 99 1/4 by 60 3/4 in. painted surface: 195 by 121 cm.; 76 3/4 by 47 1/2 in.

We are grateful to Dr. José Gomez Frechina of the Museo de Bellas Artes in Valencia for identifying this altarpiece as the work of Gaspar Requena, a painter active in Valencia during the second half of the 16th century, who was influenced to a great extent by Joan de Joanes and Nicolás Borrás.